BardStephenFox said:OK, I am thinking this is pretty nifty. Here is a question though, What about unarmed attacks? What if a fighter took improved unaramed attack?
I wouldn't let this work on unarmed attacks, even if the fighter took improved unarmed attack. Off the top of my head, I'd do a new feat chain that would end up looking like the monk progression:
Martial Arts (BAB +1) 1d6
Improved MA (BAB +4) 1d8
Greater MA (BAB +8) 1d10
Unarmed Mastery (BAB +12) 2d6
Improved UM (BAB +16) 2d8
Greater UM (BAB +20) 2d10
Stick in a "rapid strike" feat chain something like flurry of blows, and I'd probably allow unarmed damage to work with light martial arts weapons.
So you can make a martial artist out of a stock fighter, without him having to use the pseudo-mysticism of the monk class.